OTIMOS Orthotics Moving Solutions

OTIMOS is a device that allows the treatment prescribed by your physiotherapist anywhere, reducing the recovery time and number of therapy sessions.

Each year, millions of people suffer permanent physical and neurological damage from:

• Strokes or strokes
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Brain paralysis
• Sports injuries

These people need to resort to physiotherapy services to support their recovery. However, the process faces several obstacles:

• Physiotherapy sessions take a lot of time and are expensive;
• The exercises prescribed to do at home are not done in the most correct way;
• The motivation to fulfill the plan decreases over time;
• The physical therapist can not analyze the quality of the exercises that the person does.

To solve these difficulties we developed the OTIMOS: Apparatus that reproduces the exercises prescribed by the physiotherapist with the intensity, precision and orientation appropriate to the needs of each patient.

OTIMOS consists of hardware and software systems that, combined, allow the detection of movements through robotic actuators supported in 3D structures that capture the movements that the patient must perform.

This system has the ability to later reproduce the movements by following and adjusting the patient's necessary effort to ensure the correct execution of the exercises, such as a physiotherapy session.

Thus, the OTIMOS allows to perform at home, the movements prescribed by the physiotherapists, recording the performance and collecting the data of each exercise for later analysis of the physiotherapist.

Our solution allows patients to save time and money on extra sessions, decrease recovery time, and give the physiotherapist detailed information about patient performance and progress.

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About the author

Luis Costa, an electronic engineer graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico, currently working in a large technology company, attends daily physical therapy sessions due to an aneurysm in 2015. A swimmer and sportsman, he was part of the competition teams of clubs like Belenenses or Sporting .

Luis Fonseca, an industrial designer with 15 years of experience, worked as a footwear designer with brands such as Sanjo, Lotto, Scorpion Bay, worked as a 3D ArchViz freelancer, worked as a graphic / industrial designer at an international agency with Sonae, worked as 3D modeler and was part of a 3D printing startup. He now studies mechanical engineering at ISEL and works as a Designer at a major technology company.

Francisco Mesquita, Entrepreneur and Marketing Specialist at Closer Consulting, has several years of experience in developing startups and digital marketing campaigns.

Stephan Fortsch, MA in International Management at the NOVA School of Buisness & ERconomics, was born in Germany and has helped found companies such as HEAVEN or agileThings. You are working as an online marketing mentor for innovators

Vanessa is currently a PhD student in Bioengineering Systems at the MIT Portugal Doctoral Program. His thesis focuses on the development of new algorithms to accurately describe the biomechanical model of the ankle joint and its reflexive control laws. Graduated in biomedical engineering from NOVA University of Lisbon

Budget and due dates

• Hardware (3D models adapted to the patient with fit for the intelligent mechanisms + maintenance + consumables) 5000 €
• Software (Real-time data collection system and adaptation of them for later reproduction, generate personalized reports directed to the treatment of the patient) 4000 €
• Marketing (branding, website, digital campaign-AdWords) € 2500
• Other administrative and logistical costs € 3500

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